Today was an exciting day – the first full day of school for my youngest child. I had been through this once before, so I thought I’d be OK. In fact, I thought I’d be more excited than before. What I didn’t expect were the tears.

Jessica & I got into the appropriate Kindergarten line & we were talking to the other kids & moms, and everything was fine. And then the school bell rang. I don’t know why, but the bell just triggered these huge tears that I had to fight back because I didn’t want Jessica to freak out. So I gave her a kiss & she walked into the school like such a big girl! I walked back to my car and sobbed. I’m not used to this. Sure, I can be an emotional person, but I didn’t think I’d be so emotional about this.

So now the house is quiet, except for the sound of my coffeemaker (you called it JL!) It’s comfoting to have my dog around, so I don’t feel so alone, but trust me I am loving this too!

I’m  looking forward to having a really quiet ‘quiet time’ this morning…..so I’m going to go sit on the back porch, drink some coffee, and embrace this new stage of life!